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Since almost all of the forums concentrating on DIY boatbuilding have been 'converted' or overwhelmed with Porn, Spam, 'crap', etc. can anyone recommend a good website/forum that still concentrates on boatbuilding, especially ultra-lightweight hulls, etc. using composite and cored composite structure.
Im interested in building an ultra-light weight ~17-18ft. cored lapstrake Whitehall/Wherry 'pulling boat', particularly using an alternative to heavy "C-flex" and either balsa or klegecell as the core, and dont want to go through the ultimate agony of building a 'female' mold for the lay up. I think this can be done faster / easier using a male plug mold, etc. etc.
Any direct advice for locating a non-trashed 'boat building in composites' forum, etc. would be very much appreciated.
Im interested in building an ultra-light weight ~17-18ft. cored lapstrake Whitehall/Wherry 'pulling boat', particularly using an alternative to heavy "C-flex" and either balsa or klegecell as the core, and dont want to go through the ultimate agony of building a 'female' mold for the lay up. I think this can be done faster / easier using a male plug mold, etc. etc.
Any direct advice for locating a non-trashed 'boat building in composites' forum, etc. would be very much appreciated.